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Discriminatory laws: Masewa Joseph Netshituka with his first wife, Tshinakaho, (left) and his second wife, Masindi (right).
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The black women who fought against remnants of apartheid laws

Tirelessly working to build a home and a legacy only to be told you have no right over it once your husband dies or decides to divorce you — the story of black women who battled…

  • Athandiwe Saba
  • Rolivhuwa Sadiki
8 min read
(Photo: Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)
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Constitutional triumph on matrimonial property rights

Access to land ownership and property rights is inextricably linked to self-determination.

  • Nokuthula Mbele
8 min read
A recent study of more than 200 rural respondents in the Eastern Cape, where drought has severely affected quality of life and food security, found that although farmers are actively trying to build resilience against climate change, more coordination was needed between state entities and local government to support them. (Photo: Gallo Images/Netwerk 24/Tebogo Letsie
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Court victory for 400 000 elderly black women

An apartheid law that dispossessed black women of the assets accrued during their marriages has finally been scrapped after a Pinetown pensioner, facing impoverishment, went to…

  • Tania Broughton
6 min read